Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for February 01, 2025

Who wouldn’t find that fascinating?

Sounds like the whole evening went over the edge like Wile E Coyote.

Did you know that a British station wagon is called an estate car?

Hey, don’t diss the land boats. (This includes Suburban Station Wagons, like I drive.)

Fond memories.

So did she tooks the station wagon to gets away from you Goat?

The WINDOW ledge edge.

And F.I.A.T. stands for Fix It Again Tony.

I’ll bet she was riveted by the revelation!!!

“…and so talking of transport, how about you transporting yourself into my bed?”

That’s what sent her over the edge!

My brother has a VW SUV. I called it a station wagon, he did not like that!

She suddenly wants to date a character from “Over the Hedge!”

You never know, she might be interested in history, or maybe a bookworm, you never know!

So you didn’t start speaking in tongues then?

At least she probably had a nice nap.

Maybe interesting but charismatic????

Thank you, Goat, for giving me another useless fact to add to my arsenal.

Part of my education was received in the back of a station wagon, way back with a seat that flipped up and faced backwards.

You may not get a second date, Goat.

I know how you feel, Goat.

We know we know. But does goat know where the term mleep verfnergul originated. No. HAH! Now we’re getting somewhere.

Highly likely that nobody under the age 30 has ever even heard the phrase “station wagon.”

Well I learned something new today at least.

When a nerd tries to date.

Not sure man-splaining works well on a date.

Some people just want to talk about themselves.

The British also call station wagons “shooting brakes”

Even Pig can tell Goat’s date went bad

TIL!

Being a bit of a nerdy girl I would have appreciated a bit of trivia to file away. Then the conversation can segue in to talking about childhood memories.

long live the long roof own two a 57 and a 63

Those were great for rolling down the back window and puking out of it when your parents didn’t want to pull over when driving up the mountains

I did not know that!

You either are or aren’t a charismatic speaker. Best you can hope for is getting over your fear of woman and to be more comfortable in their presense…..

Capricorn is the Goat. I once read “a Capricorn’s idea of a pick-up line is ‘Can I make a suggestion?’” I know I’ve tried that on several occasions.

Speaking of zodiacs, Happy New Year to any Snakes out there.

He’s a goatsplainer.

The edge of òrgásm?

I heard that being interested rather than interesting was a better way to go.

The term “station wagon” predates cars and was originally used to describe horse-drawn carriages.

Was that the only thing he talked about all night?

Soooo, are emojis international ?

Yes, they can easily become a two edged sward. Pop told me, it depends on the phase of the moon, but my two semesters of astronomy didn’t have a chapter on this.

Apparently, there’s a topic Goat doesn’t know: Women

Wait a sec, none of us men do.

I really miss station wagons, especially the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. It seated nine comfortably and still had room for luggage.

our parents (passed decades ago) bought a station wagon as soon as they brought kids into the world

Yes, yes, indeed, some of the brightest people are totally clueless about certain things.

I thought a saloon was a place to get a cold beer or a shot of whiskey. Some even served food and gambling was permitted.

My husband told me that exact factoid when we were first married. Argggh.

to be fair, there is someone for everyone out there… somewhere………

we had a 1958 (?) buick Estate Wagon. it weighed almost 3 tons.

I’ve been on dates where I just wish the guy had come up with one sentence anywhere near as interesting.

I never knew that…I learned something new today, gotta like that. :-)

The dual edged sword of love.

I can’t stop laughing; what a great punchline — LOLOL

What killed station wagons was the US fuel efficiency standards. Station wagons were classified as “cars”, so came under the same limits as little cars. Minivans were classified as “trucks”, so could have much lower mileage – as long as they weren’t too much like the station wagons they replaced. And if you wanted a minivan with the advantages of an actual truck, that was an SUV. (But these days, I suggest you look under the body before buying, or you might pay SUV prices for a disguised minivan.)

Anyone remember the HILARIOUS mini series Fresno? Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman and the gang did a 6-episode of Dallas, about two competing families in Fresno who produced raisins. Harvy was the “JR” roll. I remember when she asked the chauffeur to get the Rolls. He answered that they hadn’t had the Rolls for years. Carol said, “Oh, okay. Bring the Chevy!” He brough a Chevy station wagon… the one with rear-facing seats and a door-style tailgate. They sat in back, he closed the door and off they went…

Surely there must be a horribly dull girl out there for Goat….

Did you know that station wagons used to be made of actual wood?